azimuth

NN n/a IE n/a CSS 2

Inherited: Yes

Given a listener at the center of a circular sound space (like in a surround-sound-equipped theater), azimuth sets the horizontal angle of the source of the sound (for example, in a text-to-speech browser). See also the elevation attribute.

CSS Syntax

azimuth: angle | angleConstant || direction

Value

Up to two values (other than inherit). One represents the angle, clockwise from straight ahead; the second is a 20-degree incremental movement to the left or right. An angle value is any value in the range of -360 to +360 (inclusive) plus the letters "deg", as in 90deg. The value 0deg is directly in front of the listener. To set the angle to the left of the listener, the value can be either -90deg or 270deg. Optionally, you can choose an angleConstant value from a large library of descriptions that correspond to fixed points around the circle. If you add the behind modifier, the values shift from in front of the listener to behind the listener.

For the direction value, you can choose from two constants: leftwards | rightwards. These settings shift the sound 20 degrees in the named direction.

Value	Equals	Value	Equals
center	0deg	center behind	180deg
center-right	20deg	center-right behind	160deg
right	40deg	right behind	140deg
far-right	60deg	far-right behind	120deg
right-side	90deg	right-side behind	90deg
left-side	270deg	left-side behind	270deg
far-left	300deg	far-left behind	240deg
left	320deg	left behind	220deg
center-left	340deg	center-left behind	200deg

Initial Value

center

Example

h1 {azimuth: 45deg}
p.aside {azimuth: center-right behind}

Applies To

All elements.